The goal of this post is to discuss a couple of concepts from the book, to see what extent my view is relatable, as well as welcome any suggestions you all have on future books based off of interests. (I’m a man in my late 30s)
**Classical books with historical and fantasy elements**:
I really like the idea of reading historical / classical books. This one does have elements that brink on fantasy and concepts that don’t hold up much to realism, but it does have parts that do help you learn about the time they are written. I suppose a combination isn’t so bad? I think I struggle a little with suspending belief now that I’m older and have had a lot of my own experiences. Anyway I think its common for adventure and modern entertainment to have a lot of stars align for the main character, right?
A worry I have about reading classical, older and historical books, is that this is making me more relatable to the older generations, but not the newer. Folks younger than me may want to carve there own path in life, do you all see any merit to this concept? For example the biography of Benjamin Franklin seems interesting to me, but this was a huge book in the 1800s, but in modern times how can this knowledge be of value?
**The wealth of the Count**
The story in which he acquired his wealth is interesting and endearing, but throughout the first half of his book after he acquired his wealth he seems rather pompous. example:
The count is like “buy me the finest horses, and pay extra just to show them whose boss!” servant “yes your excellency, right away!” He only associates with the rich now and he just seems to be buying his way through the world and showboating constantly. He also doesn’t seem to have the disadvantages of someone who spent 15ish years in prison, he is really knowledgeable and has all these developed social networks. There was a story how he rescued a friend from bandits, and the plot was basically “hey, you all know me, set him free” and there like “k cool, np”. I just find a lot of these subplots to be uninspiring either because he just has these unexplained social networks or is navigating as a wealthy overlord. I think I’m a bit concerned by the time he gets his revenge, I’m not even gonna find the guy relatable or as inspiring. Did I miss a point where after he acquired his wealth it was like “5 year later…”?
**Conclusion**
Sometimes I just want to read a novel to be taken away, the first book of “In the name of the Wind” did a decent job of making the fantasy feel a little more believable but it was obvious I would have to suspend belief.
Other times I think I want something that feels real, that I can also take something from it, which seems to be what I’m looking for right now. I want to relate to older generations, but also younger than me as well.
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by sillywanderer22